should Jimmy be let in on Clark's secret Identity post SUPERMAN REBORN?

[Last Son of Krypton]

Did Jurgens just retconed, the retconer of the DC writers?

Shocking!

Simple. Jimmy reveals he never bought the fake Clark and that he already knew even before Nuperman told him. He just forgot he knew due to Manhattan monkeying with time.

There, retconing both Jurgens AND Johns!

Remember, Jimmy knew during the Countdown story , until someone decided he didn't and it wasn't mentioned again.

Yeah, I remember Countdown. But I think the Rebirth team "retconned" Jimmy knowing because... you know... they don't want him knowing from now on. There's Lois as Clark/Superman's confidant and it's enough.

[daBronzeBomma]

Absolutely yes. Jimmy should know the secret. It was plausible that Supes didn't tell him before, even after Lois found out in 1991.

The line for me was after John Henry Irons knew the Secret and Jimmy still didn't (erm... sometime in the mid 90s I think).

Jimmy should have explicitly known the Secret before John Henry (whom I love as a character, btw). It was a mistake that he was in the dark for as long as he has been.

Jimmy should have Clark's full and explicit confidence in keeping his Secret.

[Truman Burbank]

Yeah, I remember Countdown. But I think the Rebirth team "retconned" Jimmy knowing because... you know... they don't want him knowing from now on. There's Lois as Clark/Superman's confidant and it's enough.

Do remember that Geoff Johns is involved in the story planning for a lot of these books, particularly ones like the Super-books that are tied to the main Rebirth story. If his decision to have Jimmy know is being retconned or changed, he likely signed off on it.

[Frontier]

I'm fine either way, I'd just like to see Jimmy being used more prominently and well more then anything else.

[Jon Clark]

I'm fine either way, I'd just like to see Jimmy being used more prominently and well more then anything else.

This, although the one thing I don't want is the apparently popular "I figured it out years ago" as it undermines the whole idea of a secret ID if everyone spending time in Clark's presence long enough can figure it out.

[The World]

Jimmy's entire character needs a reboot but they're so damned fixed on trying to explain how much Clark and Bruce are best buds they can't be bothered.

[beetee]

Thousand times yes... And Perry White should know too......

[FishyZombie]

part of me thinks he should, though at the same time I think there should be at least a couple major daily planet characters who don't know. Like part of the fun of those scenes with Clark in the office is him trying to fit in and dodge suspicion. Maybe if they gave Steve Lombard more page time.

[Ascended]

Jimmy should know.

I dont think it has to be a "Ive known for years" sort of thing. I mean, Lois and Perry? Yeah, they're highly talented reporters and they should figure it out if Clark doesnt tell them first. Jimmy on the other hand, is often pretty oblivious and not completely immune to the distracting celebrity/god status of Superman.

There's plenty of people at the Planet for Clark to interact with to keep the purpose of his duel identity intact. But Jimmy needs a role in the mythos that goes deeper than "idiot work friend" and making him Clark Kent's bestie (rather than Superman's) was a stroke of brilliance on Morrison's part and Johns having Clark tell Jim was possibly the single greatest contribution Johns has ever put to the Man of Tomorrow.

DC will almost certainly drop it and return Jimmy to ignorance, because they don't seem to recognize the gold that Morrison left for them. But when they do revert Jimmy to that point (already happened apparently?) the property will be worse off for it.